TAA in ETS2 is ridiculous.

[J8SUPRME]

The TAA implementation in ETS2 is downright ridiculous. TAA does not apply on all objects and actually contributes to flickering. Performance takes a hit as well. But that’s not the worst part. Loss of detail is incredible - but that’s normal for TAA. Try disabling all AA in the game. When it comes to jaggies the difference is not that big and the game really comes to life. Details suddenly stand out and the overall feel is much better. All ghosting is also gone and the whole blurry look is gone as well.
Depending on what resolution you’re playing and on what monitor I recommend at least 1440p.

[Oz Gaming]

I was using TAA and was getting micro stuttering every so often. Changed it to SMAA Ultra and no more micro stutters.

[J8SUPRME]

The person who clowned my post clearly has no idea what TAA actually is and how it works. 🙄

[Captain Baldy]

If you're not happy with TAA in Euro Truck Simulator 2 because of the blurriness and ghosting, you might want to try SMAA via Reshade or, if you have an NVIDIA RTX card, DLAA. These options smooth out jaggies without making everything look like it's covered in Vaseline.

How to Set It Up for a Cleaner Look:

1. Install Reshade (For SMAA)
Download Reshade from https://reshade.me/.
Open the installer and point it to eurotrucks2.exe in your game directory.
Select DirectX 10/11/12 when prompted.
Install the SMAA effect (and maybe some sharpening filters like LumaSharpen or CAS).
Launch the game, open the Reshade menu (Home key), and enable SMAA.

✔ Why SMAA? It reduces jagged edges without smudging textures, unlike TAA.

2. Use DLAA (If You Have an RTX Card)
If you're on an NVIDIA RTX GPU, check your NVIDIA Control Panel or GeForce Experience settings to see if DLAA (Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing) is available for ETS2.
It works like DLSS but without upscaling, meaning you get smooth edges without losing any detail.

✔ Why DLAA? It’s like an AI-powered SMAA—better edge smoothing with zero blurriness.

3. Try Downsampling for a More Natural Look
If your PC can handle it, enable NVIDIA DSR (Dynamic Super Resolution) or AMD VSR (Virtual Super Resolution).
This renders the game at a higher resolution (like 4K) and then scales it down to your monitor’s resolution, naturally smoothing out edges.

✔ Why Downsampling? It’s the most natural way to remove aliasing—no filters, just raw pixel density.

Final Tweaks for Clarity
Turn TAA off in ETS2 settings.
Use SMAA from Reshade or DLAA if available.
Enable a sharpening filter (Reshade’s LumaSharpen or NVIDIA’s Image Sharpening) to bring back texture details.

This setup will give you a clean, crisp image with smooth edges without the ghosting and blur that TAA causes. 🚛

[maxcry]

see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_anti-aliasing

"Although this method makes TAA achieve a result comparable to supersampling, the technique inevitably causes ghosting and blurriness to the image."

[J8SUPRME]

I found some videos on YouTube where TAA and other forms of AA are well explained. For TAA to really work well you need 4K. Also a frame rate of 120 or more since TAA works by analyzing previous rendered frames to produce its results. And the higher the frame rate the more frames to analyze and therefore the more accurate and better result. Since TAA also uses shaking of previous rendered frames it introduces ghosting. The benefit of TAA is however that you get AA at a low performance hit.
As said - for TAA to really shine you need 4K at 120fps and that requires a double NASA which is not realistic for most in any game. Using TAA at 1080p is just hopeless and you really get the “vaseline” effect and massive loss of detail.

The only AA method that really works without loss of detail and blur is SSAA. But that requires games to be rendered at 4K or 8K and then downsampled and that brings performance to a crawl. But the quality is outstanding.

I have come across Reshade several times and I think I’ll give it a go - thanks for the tip. It does come with a performance hit but the benefit is that it applies to all games. 🙂👍🏻

[Oz Gaming]

You don't need Reshade to get SMAA. ETS2 and ATS both have that option in the game video settings. Four different types. I'm using SMAA Ultra from the game setting.....

I'm on the 1.54 beta. Can't remember if 1.53 had SMAA but 1.54 does have that option.

[J8SUPRME]

Originally posted by Oz Gaming:

You don't need Reshade to get SMAA. ETS2 and ATS both have that option in the game video settings. Four different types. I'm using SMAA Ultra from the game setting.....

I'm on the 1.54 beta. Can't remember if 1.53 had SMAA but 1.54 does have that option.

For now I'm using the in-game SMAA Ultra. Not 100% as good as TAA but I get rid of the ghosting and blur.